Creating a charcoal portrait

Okay, here I'm gonna use the Charcoal filter, supported by the Note Paper …filter, and the Smudge tool, and a black an white adjustment layer, and the …Multiply Blending mode. If we take a look at the finished …version, we can see that we begin with a base layer of paper to which I have …applied the note paper texture. On top of this, we have the original …image with the charcoal filter applied to it on top of this. …And clipped to it, we have a layer that I've called smudged and that's exactly …what it is. I've smudged the edges using the Smudge tool.…

And then above all of this, I have a black and white adjustment layer with a …color tint applied. Moving now to the original file, first …thing I'm gonna do is add a layer of solid color and that will be white. …I'm going to convert this to a Smart Object and then come to my Sketch …filters, Note Paper and apply that texture to the paper. …I'm then going to Unlock my Background Layer and move that above that colored …filled layer. I'll now convert this to a Smart Object.…

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5/4/2015

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4/26/2013

Filters are a part of Adobe Photoshop often misused or overlooked by designers. Author Nigel French teaches a creative approach to filters, explaining how to combine them both with other filters and with the Photoshop masking and blending tools for maximum visual impact. Plus, learn how to use filter blending modes, filter masks, and how to stack filters to create unique filter combinations.